After being stationed in Libya, another front was opened for the Syrian mercenaries when in September 2020, Azerbaijan launched air and ground attacks across Nagorno-Karabakh.
Syrian mercenaries, used by the Turkish military in Northeast Syria against Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), have been recruited in thousands by Turkey to serve as foot soldiers in the conflicts in Libya and Caucasus, the National Interest reported.
John Lechner and S. Asher, co-authors of the special report titled "Inside the Bloody Business of Turkey’s Syrian Mercenaries," point out that the process of dispatching large numbers of mercenaries to Libya sped up after Turkey signed a memorandum of understanding with the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean, which marked an important move in terms of Turkey's geopolitical interests and led to protests from Egypt, Cyprus and Greece.
"The Turkish military effectively took control of operations, shipping in air defense systems, drones, and thousands of Syrian mercenaries," the authors note.
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